Bematistes leopoldina

Bematistes leopoldina
Bematistes leopoldina and related species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Bematistes
Species: B. leopoldina
Binomial name
Bematistes leopoldina
Synonyms
  • Planema leopoldina Aurivillius, 1895
  • Acraea leopoldina (Aurivillius, 1895)
  • Acraea (Acraea) leopoldina
  • Planema poggei brevimacula f. albofasciata Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema poggei leopoldina f. mixta Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema poggei brevimacula Talbot, 1928
  • Planema poggei schoutedeni Le Doux, 1937
  • Planema macrosticha Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Planema leopoldina var. intermissa Gaede, 1916

Bematistes leopoldina is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Cameroon, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Subspecies

  • Bematistes leopoldina leopoldina (Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes leopoldina brevimacula (Talbot, 1928) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bematistes leopoldina macrosticha (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Cameroon, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Etymology

The name honours Leopold II of Belgium the private owner of the Congo Free State.

References

  1. ↑ "Acraea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Acraeini


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